WHA game summary from December 3, 1972

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Houston Aeros (11-12-1)	2	1	1	0	4
Ottawa Nationals (12-10-1)	2	0	2	1	5

1:	HOU,	Poul Popiel 6 (Don Grierson, Ted Taylor), 6:01
	OTT,	Wayne Carleton 14 (Tom Martin, Gilles Gratton), 11:59
	HOU,	Jack Stanfield 4 (John Schella, Gord Labossiere), 14:31
	OTT,	Guy Trottier 12 (Wayne Carleton, Rick Cunningham), 19:19
2:	HOU,	Murray Hall 10 (Gord Labossiere, Poul Popiel), 17:09
3:	OTT,	Wayne Carleton 15 (Bob Charlebois, Chris Meloff), 1:16
	HOU,	Don Grierson 3 (Larry Lund, Ray Larose), 4:23
	OTT,	Wayne Carleton 16 (Rick Cunningham, Tom Martin), 14:43
4:	OTT,	Bob Charlebois 5 (Tom Simpson, Bob Leduc), 4:32

Penalties:

1:	Larry Lund, HOU 10:33
	Ray Larose, HOU 19:09
2:	Chris Meloff, OTT 10:07
	Tom Martin, OTT 15:27
	Don Grierson, HOU 19:10
	Rick Cunningham, OTT [double minor] 19:10
3:	Poul Popiel, HOU 4:14
	Duke Harris, HOU 11:42
	Don Grierson, HOU 19:04
4:	none

Penalty time: HOU: 12 minutes OTT: 8 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Don Grierson	1	1	2	4	0	0
Poul Popiel	1	1	2	2	0	0
Gord Labossiere	0	2	2	0	0	0
Jack Stanfield	1	0	1	0	0	0
Murray Hall	1	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Lund	0	1	1	2	0	0
Ray Larose	0	1	1	2	0	0
Ted Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Schella	0	1	1	0	0	0
Duke Harris	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

OTT Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Wayne Carleton	3	1	4	0	0	0
Bob Charlebois	1	1	2	0	0	0
Rick Cunningham	0	2	2	4	0	0
Tom Martin	0	2	2	2	0	0
Guy Trottier	1	0	1	0	0	0
Chris Meloff	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bob Leduc	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Simpson	0	1	1	0	0	0
Gilles Gratton	0	1	1	0	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: HOU: 9-16- 6- 1-32 OTT: 13- 9-16- 1-39 Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (L, 8-6-0) OTT: Gilles Gratton (W, 8-4-1) Attendance: 1,221